Dan Trachtenberg To Direct New Standalone ‘Predator’ Movie ‘Badlands’ As 20th Ce

[Mr.Turok]

It would be crazy if they ignored some of these ideas, some of them are film worthy but studios be thinking backwards.

I don't know, the Amengi bullshit can gladly stay in the trash.

I thought it was great! I even liked how they repurposed the old design for new use. That and expand on the Predator universe of other races besides xenomorphs and river ghosts. Made the world feel bigger and fleshed out Predator culture a bit more.

I do agree on how I strongly disliked the take that the Isabelle lore tapes suggested the more idiotic lean on how they never actually learned how the tech works, only how to make it work.

[bobcunk]

Being woke is not a talking point at all, being woke is infact good. Alien is for example very woke.

I never thought that Alien it's woke, so I think that Alien doesn't enter in that category

Mmmm, movie with female lead where she is the voice of reason, where a non white side character gets also a ton of spotlight, that has a monster that is an allegory for sexual assault and that is against corporations..... mmmm no wokeness here guys

Alien is very woke, SPECIALLY for the time it was made in. And once again, being woke isn't bad, being woke is good, thinking being woke is bad is a huge red flag for me.

non white side character?

[BigDaddyJohn]

Parker probably ?

[SiL]

Of course Parker.

[PAS]

Being woke is not a talking point at all, being woke is infact good. Alien is for example very woke.

I never thought that Alien it's woke, so I think that Alien doesn't enter in that category

Mmmm, movie with female lead where she is the voice of reason, where a non white side character gets also a ton of spotlight, that has a monster that is an allegory for sexual assault and that is against corporations..... mmmm no wokeness here guys

Alien is very woke, SPECIALLY for the time it was made in. And once again, being woke isn't bad, being woke is good, thinking being woke is bad is a huge red flag for me.

non white side character?

C'mon, there's only 7 characters in Alien, can't be that hard to figure out who I'm talking about

[PredBabe]

Umm, the 8th passenger?

[Mr.Turok]

Whelp, I'm just saying that it was such a baller move that Illfonic has done to the Predator lore and it's a shame if it ends up ignored a second time. Sucks that the developers don't bother with it no more and I have no idea if any writers either for film or expanded media will follow up on any of the lore that PHG set up. Just plain nice to see Dutch again after 87 and seeing Predator encounters having actual cause and effects to their hunts on people.

Either way, can't wait to see what's in store for the next two films.

[PredBabe]

I'm hoping Badlands is a sequel to Predators personally. The hunting planet idea has a lot of untapped potential still and I'd much prefer it over a Mad Max dystopia on Earth.

I like the idea of a futuristic city. Something similar to that of Concrete Jungle with some style inspiration from The Fifth Element. Though this might be better explored for a videogame. Plus, the working title 'Badlands' doesn't give off the impression of that sort of futuristic setting. 
 
Of course, they could simply mean something more present-day and go with a No Country for Old Men feel.

[BlueMarsalis79]

I hope it is a Dredd 2012 style take on the future. Just further along that Predator 2 type vision.

[Prez]

I hope it is a Dredd 2012 style take on the future. Just further along that Predator 2 type vision.

Did you say 'Urban Dredd vs Predator' film??? Yes please       

[RoguePred1987]

Does everyone think "Badlands" will go back to the Predator title? With Prey 2 also in development and coming after "Badlands", I'm thinking they probably will.

[Nightmare Asylum]

Could be, that they use the Predator name and a subtitle (maybe Badlands, maybe something else). Could be that they use a non-Predator name alone again, as with Prey.

It's a 50/50 shot on whether Badlands even sticks as (part of) a title, I guess. We have precedence for either direction, with "Skulls" giving way to Prey, but Alien: Romulus sticking through to release.

[RoguePred1987]

working titles vs actual titles is always an interesting conversation. i remember all those fan-made posters that said "Predator: Skulls". in the end "Skulls" had nothing to do with the movie outside the reference to the franchise in general. "Badlands" definitely feels much more specific and could totally be a Romulus situation.

[Mike’s Monsters]

Badlands is the code name like SKULLS was for PREY. Won't be surprised if we have a change closer to release.

[Nightmare Asylum]

Badlands is the code name like SKULLS was for PREY. Won't be surprised if we have a change closer to release.

Wasn't that also initially the case with Romulus, before it was eventually settled on as the release title? Or was that set in stone from day one?